Equestrian Sport Committee

Roly joined World Horse Welfare as Chief Executive in January 2008. He qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Cambridge University in 1992 and having spent a short time with the Blue Cross, he joined the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, which included a posting as the Veterinary Officer at the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment in London. After the army, he went to work for World Horse Welfare until 2003, when he left to take up the post of Development Director at the Perse School in Cambridge. He returned to World Horse Welfare in 2008. Since then Roly has played an active role on the steering group of the Equine Sector Council for Health and Welfare and established the Equine Disease Coalition, of which he is Chair.

Phil graduated from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, in 2005 and went on to do an internship at the Equine Medical Center of Ocala, Florida and then an equine surgical residency at Michigan State University. He is a Diplomate of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons and is an American, European and RCVS Specialist in Equine Surgery. He has worked at Oaklands Equine Hospital and Rainbow Equine Hospital and is currently a director at Hambleton Equine Clinic, which he set up with two other directors in 2012. He is interested in all aspects of equine surgery, especially upper airway surgery and orthopaedics. He currently sits on BEVA Council, the BHA Veterinary Committee and the ECVS Exam Committee.

Ian qualified from the RVC in 2006. He completed an internship at NEH in 2008 and then travelled to New Zealand where he worked as a repro and racing vet. In 2010 Ian joined Baker McVeigh in South Africa. In South Africa ian and his wife Laura began a road trip home from the southern to northern-most points in Africa. Ian moved to Chantilly, France in 2012 and returned to Newmarket in 2013 before joining the Baker McVeigh Lambourn practice in 2017. Ian joined BEVA as a Council member in 2021. He enjoys playing with his kids, watching football and riding his bike.

Jo has worked as a surgeon at B&W Equine Hospital since 2014. She is an RCVS and ECVS specialist in Equine Surgery and has a particular interest in orthopaedic surgery, diagnostic orthopaedics and colic surgery. Prior to her time at B&W she undertook a surgical residency at the University of Liverpool, completed an MPhil in Epidemiology, and spent several years in equine ambulatory practice. Jo has an interest in veterinary research and education and has co-supervised ECVS surgical residency training programmes, masters research projects and PhDs and has mentored many young vets during her time in practice. She has numerous publications in the equine literature and has spoken at various international conferences. Jo has a keen interest in equestrian sport; she is a member of the Veterinary Advisory Committee for the Horse Betting Levy board and has worked at several FEI events and within National Hunt Racing. Out of work Jo has a young son and tries to find time to run and get out on her bike!